Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Vascoceratidae
Full reference: W. Barber. 1957. Lower Turonian ammonites from north-eastern Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Bulletin 26:1-87
Belongs to Vascoceras according to C. Meister et al. 1992
See also Barber 1957 and Meister 1989
Sister taxa: Vascoceras amieirense, Vascoceras barcoicense, Vascoceras birchbyi, Vascoceras bulbosum, Vascoceras cauvini, Vascoceras charoni, Vascoceras depressum, Vascoceras durandi, Vascoceras gamai, Vascoceras glabrum, Vascoceras globosum, Vascoceras harttii, Vascoceras kossmati, Vascoceras obscurum, Vascoceras polygonum, Vascoceras proprium, Vascoceras robustum, Vascoceras silvanense, Vascoceras simplex, Vascoceras venezolanum, Nannovascoceras intermedium, Paravascoceras angermanni, Paravascoceras obessum, Paravascoceras carteri, Paravascoceras tectiforme
Type specimen: BMNH C.47679, a shell
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Niger (2 collections), Nigeria (9)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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